This thing punches waaaaay above its weight class in terms of price to playability. It is actually stupid how much better it is than my LP. Neck heel is beautiful, completely open access to the upper frets. A nice, chunky, matte neck, too.
It also has a coil-tap-but-not-coil-tap on the tone knob push pull that gives a little more bite and chime single coil character but with minimal output loss.
Another thing I really appreciate is that Yamaha took the time to wire the pots correctly so when I turn them “forward” (counterclockwise), the volume goes up. Some other, bigger companies do not always take the time to do this.
All in all, a solid guitar for a great price. Highly recommend giving it a look if you are in the market for a versatile HH guitar.
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Revstars are seriously underrated. I love them. Very, very well made, and completely out class epiphone (and, honestly, most gibsons unless you are extraordinarily lucky).
They look like a classic that’s been around forever without being gaudy (looking at you, Eastwood guitars…!) and I can’t say enough great things about them.
Nice! Enjoy your new guitar!
My brother has a first generation Revstar RS420 and it’s a great guitar, especially for the price. It’s a little thinner body and neck profile than I’m used to, but the fit, finish, and sound are just top. I have guitars that are multiple times as expensive but with inferior build quality. It’s also a modern classic design, in my opinion.
Revstar has turned me into a Yamaha fan.
Its funny rhat you say that yours has a thinner neck profile, because one of my favourite things about this guitar is the chunky, yet very playable neck.
Maybe they’ve changed it from the earlier models. I’m mostly used to my Mexican Tele and ES 335, both which have more rounded “C” profile necks, whereas my brother’s Revstar has a bit of a flatter, modern “D” style profile, if that makes sense. It’s really comfortable, just a bit different than what I’m used to.
You got my dream guitar there man, I’d love a HH revstar
They are super affordable. Dream no more! Life is short! Buy the guitar!
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They sell them with P90s, too, and the Revstars also have a very fancy chambering system. I played one in a shop a while back and it felt fantastic. I wasn’t really getting the greatest tones out of the shop amp they had, but I probably could have dialed in some greatness if I’d fiddled with it a bit longer. They always sound fantastic in the demos I’ve seen on the YouTube.
Nice get!
Love P90s, and probably would have gotten one if it was available. But when you’re a lefty, you take what you can get, lol.
That being said, the “dry-knob” (coil-split-but-not-coil-split feature) does a pretty good job at adding that single coil bite.
I love the yamaha revstar, I will definitely pick one up at some point
